Sunday, April 12, 2009

Could it be Spring?

Happy Easter to all of you readers. We here at the Sundquist-Shuck house hope your spring is shaping up nicely where ever you live. Muddy season is quickly approaching here in AK or as we like to call it break-up season. Its time to get the rubber boots out and get used to the huge puddles and pot holes. I have been seeing some really cute rubber boots for little ones at the store and I have to remind myself that Liam is not walking yet and he doesn't need them, but they are soooo cute.
Today we went into Anchorage for an Easter Brunch at a friends home. We brought Cardamom Coffee Cake and Spinach dip (they are always a hit with the crowd). Liam was the star of the show, he was the only baby there so that made it easy to get all the attention. Unlike Keegan my friend Kates dog Fern loves to follow Liam around and lick him when ever she could get the chance, she loves babies. He also had food in his hair, probably eggs from breakfast so that was extra incentive for Fern to lick him, she is a Labrador after all. Liam had a great time crawling around and looking at the different people that were there.
Things at my job have been picking up with the season. More and more schools want to set up tours on the farm which is great but we don't have room for all of them and they all want to come at the same time. Our nanny had to go into Anchorage on Friday so Brody stayed home with Liam and I couldn't believe it but that little bugger took a 2 hour morning nap for dad. I think it is because Brody plays with him so much that Liam was exhausted.
One of Liams new found joys in life is spaghetti. He loves the marinara sauce too. I know it is really messy but he likes to feed himself and it does lend it's self to good pictures. He has a good set of choppers, as you can see from the picture above. Liam still has about 8 teeth and we haven't seen anymore for a while now which is ok since teething seems like such a drag for him.
He is so tall that he can reach the top of the table. He likes to get up on his tip toes or pull himself up by his hands to try to get anything I slide out of his reach (which is a lot of stuff). I finally set some of his toys there so he would have something to reach for that he could actually put in his mouth without me having a heart attach. He loves the game and will play at getting things off of the table for a while. He can reach things on the edge of the counters too so we are extra careful to put everything away from the edges.
Well Liam is waking up from his afternoon nap so until the next post we wish you all well.